wiredInUSA July 2017

Software strategy

First run success

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Southwire Company is implementing Cimteq’s CableBuilder in all its North American plants. The integrated software will help Southwire to realize its goal of a fully streamlined system to link all plants together through common data and specifications. Following the successful introduction of CableBuilder to over a quarter of its plants, Southwire has scheduled CableBuilder to be rolled out to its remaining plants by the end of 2018. director, specifications and standards, Southwire, commented: “CableBuilder software is a strategic investment for us at Southwire. Its use as a product data management system is essential for our ERP’s operation. CableBuilder software also offers us the flexibility to continuously improve our designs and our business processes.” Mr Dwayne Johnson,

The purpose-built cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria has successfully completed its first project — laying HVDC cables in the Moray Firth, Scotland for Caithness-Moray transmission project. The vessel completed its first campaign, fromNoss Head in Caithness to themidpoint of the cable route, and then returned to Sweden to reload the remaining cable to be laid from Portgordon in Moray to the end of the first cable. The Caithness-Moray project is on schedule for completion in 2018. SSEN lead project manager Brian Mitchell said: “This is a major milestone for the Caithness-Morayproject and I amdelighted that the first cable laying campaign was completed on schedule. The vessel has now returned to Karlskrona in Sweden to load the remaining 56km of HVDC cable. A subsea joint will then be constructed to connect both sections of cable to complete the circuit.” The Caithness-Moray project will transport renewable electricity from the north of Scotland to areas of demand across Scotland and beyond.

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